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. 2012 Dec 21;12:57. doi: 10.1186/1472-6831-12-57

Table 1.

Description of the five cohorts

Cohort Description* COHRA DRDR1 DRDR2 ARIC HPFS
PI
Marazita
Vieira & Marazita
Vieira
Boerwinkle
Hu
Sample Size
970
223
290
4230
1730 (male)
Age§
34.3 ± 9.4
41.9 ± 16.9
41.8 ± 17.9
63.1 ± 5.6
65.2 ± 8.4
Age Range
17-67
17-84
17-89
53-75
49-83
Caries Prevalence (%)
95.3
94.5
97.7
99.5
98.7
Caries Phenotype
DMFS
DMFS
DMFS
Proportion DFS
Caries Severity
Genotyping Platform
Illumina 610-Quad
Illumina 610-Quad
Illumina 610-Quad
Affymetrix 6.0
Affymetrix 6.0
Genotyping Cente**
CIDR
CIDR
PITT-GPCL
BICGA
BICGA
Imputed data Y Y N Y N

* COHRA: Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia cohort.

DRDR1: Dental Registry and DNA Repository cohort phase 1.

DRDR2: Dental Registry and DNA Repository cohort phase 2.

ARIC: Atherosclerosis Risk in Community cohort.

HPFS: Health Professionals Follow-Up Study cohort.

† All summary statistics and subsequent analyses only include genotyped non-Hispanic Whites.

§ Mean ± SD.

DMFS: Decayed, Missing due to Decay, or Filled tooth surfaces.

Proportion DFS: Decayed or Filled tooth surfaces / total surfaces at risk.

Caries severity: total # of caries coded as 0, 1; 2–4; 5–9 and 10 or more.

** CIDR: the Johns-Hopkins Center for Inherited Disease Research;

PITT-GPCL: Genomics and Proteomics Core Laboratories at University of Pittsburgh.

BICGA: Broad Institute Center for Genotyping and Analysis at Harvard and MIT.